25 October 2008

Tonight 9pm PST (12 mid EST):Emiliano Echeverria cooks up a fine stew of Cuban music for your listening pleasure, mixing the best of old and new recordings spanning over a century of recorded sound.

At 30 minutes into the program (9:30 pm PST), we will present a half-hour of music featuring the many roles of the flute in cuban music. Enjoy the music from the likes of Antonio Arcaño, Jose Fajardo, Richard Egues, Orlando "Maraca" Valle, Alberto Socarras, and more.

The Ron FloresCommunity Music Calendar at 10:30 pm, followed by our mix of contemporary Cuban Timba, Reggaeton and Hip-Hop Cubano.

Also ticket giveaways for Issac Delgado, and more.

From Danzon and Son to the most modern of trends, Radio Cuba Canta presents the finest mix of cuban music available on the West Coast.

With C'Tone at the controls.

Produced by Emiliano Echeverria Community Calendar produced by Ron Flores

21 October 2008

Tonight's program brings news headlines from the Americas with Vanessa Bohm, and an interview on Colombia. Julieta Kusnir delivers a debate on Proposition 4 on parental consent for youth abortions. C`Tone offers excerpts from an interview with author Dr Jeanne Lemkau on the state of restrictions against Cuban Americans to travel to visit with their families on the island as documented in the new book, “Love, Loss, and Longing: The Impact of U.S. Travel Policy on Cuban-American Families”, joined by Mavis Anderson of the Latin American Working Group, discussing opportunities for changing US-Cuba policies in context of the upcoming elections . Mr. Chuch takes us on a trip through the Streets of Aztlan. We combine a little carino and musica for a great magazine listening experience.

Hosted by Nina Serrano.

"Love, Loss, and Longing:The Impact of U.S. Travel Policy on Cuban-American Families"

C`Tone offers excerpts from an interview with author Dr Jeanne Lemkau on the state of restrictions against Cuban Americans to travel to visit with their families on the island as documented in the new book, “Love, Loss, and Longing: The Impact of U.S. Travel Policy on Cuban-American Families”, joined by Mavis Anderson of the Latin American Working Group, discussing opportunities for changing US-Cuba policies in context of the upcoming elections .

"Love, Loss, and Longing:The Impact of U.S. Travel Policy on Cuban-American Families"

11 October 2008

Tonight La Raza Chronicles commemorates historic dates: One is Indigenous Peoples Day, October 12th with Mr. Chuch on the “Streets of Aztlan”.Another date is the 40th anniversary of the 1968 Tlateloco Massacre in Mexico City with on-the-spot reporter, “Informatico,” Daniel del Solar. Raquel Aguirre and Nina Serrano read poet/scholar Rafael Jesus Gonzalez’s new Tlateloco poem in Spanish and English.We add a little musica for the inspiration of Ernesto “Che” Guevarra on this 41st anniversary of his death.

We also bring you the week’s headlines from the Americas with Vanessa Bohm’s “News Sin Fronteras,” as well as election information from Antonio Diaz Organizational Director of PODER-People Organizing to Demand Environmental & Economic Rights discussing the ballot's effects on the Latino community produced by Julieta Kusnir.

Then we shake it all up well before serving you the upcoming calendar of Latino cultural events. Listen! Enjoy! –Sabroso!